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GPMS International announces that the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has validated the FAA supplemental type certificate (STC) for the installation of Foresight MX HUMS on the Bell 429 helicopter in India.

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Recoil Aerospace Achieves STC for T1000-E Wildfire Suppression System
Recoil Aerospace Achieves STC for T1000-E Wildfire Suppression System

Recoil Aerospace announces the successful certification of its T1000-E aerial fire suppression system (AFSS) by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for installation on Airbus Super Puma series helicopters. This achievement marks a significant milestone in aerial firefighting technology, positioning Recoil as a leader in innovative solutions for combating wildfires.

Astronautics Providing Badger Pro+™ Integrated Flight Display System in Bell BasiX-Pro Glass Cockpit Retrofit Kit for 412EP Helicopters
Astronautics Providing Badger Pro+™ Integrated Flight Display System in Bell BasiX-Pro Glass Cockpit Retrofit Kit for 412EP Helicopters

Astronautics Corporation of America’s Badger Pro+ is the integrated flight display system for the Bell BasiX-Pro Glass Cockpit Retrofit Kit. Bell’s newest upgrade solution recently received supplemental type certificate approval from the Federal Aviation Administration for Bell 412EP helicopters with PT6T-3D engine types. The Bell BasiX-Pro Glass Cockpit Retrofit Kit with Astronautics’ Badger Pro+ display system will upgrade 412EP legacy helicopters from analog instrumentation to full-glass cockpits.

Eve Air Mobility Presents Vector and Provides Updates on Urban ATM Software Development 
Eve Air Mobility Presents Vector and Provides Updates on Urban ATM Software Development 

Eve Air Mobility (“Eve”) (NYSE: EVEX; EVEXW) releases the name of its urban air traffic management (Urban ATM) software and provides updates on the solution’s development at the Airspace World in Geneva. Vector will be an agnostic software solution designed to safely address the unique air traffic and network management challenges of current and future advanced air mobility (AAM) operations, focusing on fleet and vertiport operators, and future service providers for AAM, including air navigation service providers (ANSPs). The company is advancing towards an operational version of the software which customers can test and trial to help progress the market.

Contour Helicopters and Voxelis Canada Corporation Partner to Accelerate Firefighting Technology with VoxVision AI Edge Computing
Contour Helicopters and Voxelis Canada Corporation Partner to Accelerate Firefighting Technology with VoxVision AI Edge Computing

Contour Helicopters Ltd. (“Contour”) and Voxelis Canada Corporation (“Voxelis”) announce that Contour is joining the Voxelis Early Customer Adoption Program as a technology launch partner for the Voxelis VoxVision system. VoxVision is an AI-enabled vision and data-collection platform that will evolve and expand the utility of the helicopter using the latest generation of onboard AI computing and deep learning.

Keystone Turbine Services Receives Fourth Consecutive Rolls-Royce Best-in-Class Award
Keystone Turbine Services Receives Fourth Consecutive Rolls-Royce Best-in-Class Award

Atlanta-based Precision Aviation Group, Inc. (PAG), a provider of products and value-added services to aerospace and defense industries worldwide, receives Rolls-Royce Best-in-Class Award. This marks the fourth consecutive year Keystone Turbine Services (KTS), a division of PAG’s Engine Services group, has been recognized with the Rolls-Royce Best-in-Class Award.

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